Are you scared of doctors?

Indeed they are, bystander. They are our saviours. Without them, we will not survive. They are second to God. It is the most noble profession there is. You are absolutely right.

thanks, sagnik. doctors, our indispensable partners, are truly our saviors....

I am with you on this one. I have to be seriously ill in order to feel like going to see the doctor, or have a problem that will not go away. I am more afraid of the price tag.

At your age, I think you should go for regular checkups. However, my grand mother is 87 and she also does not really want to go to a doctor. She has a lot of faith in him (who is actually a close friend of her son), but still she would not go. She is afraid of the doctor telling her about new problems and giving new medicines.

I consult one of my many books.

That is a bit too harsh JD. The doctors say those things because, we are different and we react to medicines differently. Some are allergic to specific kinds of medicines. The doctors cannot know everything by doing a regular checkup. Think about it again, please.

Even for that you will need a doctor. And if you can do it all by yourself then it is really good for you. Best of luck being your own rat.

sorry... that should be "they" have to do... not "thy"

Being in the UK, the financial cost to the patient is not an issue. Its very rare that anyone considers me either sensible or mature ... old - yes, mature, - no

Right. That is very sensible and it saves a lot of money in the process. You seem to be very mature and know what you are doing. You sound pretty confident as well. That is very nice and I hardly meet people like that.

Yuor avatar, san goku. And you aren't like afraid but strong man

Yeah right. But I thought I had more than enough reasons to be afraid of injections. The whole thing and the process looked terrifying to me. I still get a bit scared when I see an injection but then I tell myself, I am grown boy and can withstand a small needle. Usually I can.

Oh! I did not see it myself. That is why I am getting responses all of a sudden. Told you getting in the hot list helps. You get an injection just for having fever? I think you should change your doctor. Well, the non spicy easily digestable food is not very good, but my mother cooks them pretty well and they taste delicious even when I am sick.

You poor kid... Try making something on your own. It is difficult to make anything when you have fever, so what you can ask your mother to do is give you soups of chicken or vegetables accompanied by bread toast. Those really taste good, relatively healthy and are easy to make. Fever makes all food taste bitter. So these kinds of soup combos go very well. Ask her to add a little bit of butter and black pepper to enhance the taste and you will feel good and strong.

haha you have an good topic so it climbed up the digest man---so it would be visible to many mylotters on their home page hence you get more responses. My doctor would ask me first if i'm comfortable having injections after that he prescribes some medicines. My mom would not let me have normal food---she would be at my back with those bread slides and juices she doesnt even let me have my favourite noodles thats why i hate fever the most

Jezzmay, I feel sorry for you. Those child hood experiences can be really hard on us. You were treated very badly. Those doctors would go to any length to give us those shots.

Perhaps we Need some Homeopathic Hospitals. Doctors have been over prescribing antibiotics for years and now we have hospitals filled with super-bugs, immune to everything in the pharmacy. No one knows, (Except God, and She won't tell) how many of the old, the sick, and the degenerate, are succumbing every day to the untouchable Germs, Bacteria, and Viruses, that are harbored in our Hospitals by this common practice of over prescribing.

No matter what you say, they are the ones we go to and seek help. Tell me, how many hospitals have homeopathic medicine? Plus it is hard to find a good homeopathic doctor whose medicines work. My father has found one out and his medicines really work but they are very few in number. It really seems to me that USA is not good in medicine. This is the second time someone has said things like these in this discussion. But, I cannot believe they can be that bad. You just need to find the good guy. Thank you for the response.

Homeopathic hospitals are a great idea. We do not have anything like that in here. Even if we do, I do not know about it. I like the homeopathic medicines. In general they are sweet and yummy.

You are laughing now, Marker, but at that point you were in no condition to join in the fun, were you? I was terrified of injections for a long time, but now I grown out of it. I am a brave man and can face an injection with bare hands.

yah maybe im tough, but deep inside im too weak LOL.. never in the history that iam afraid of a doctors, or even big boss. hahahaha

Wowww you are tough. Blood is something I also cannot stand, but you were never afraid of doctors? That is just great. I have never heard anyone say that yet. You are the only person. It is nice to know that someone was brave from her birth. Really awesome.

LOL..I'm not argumentative all the time but I do ask a lot of questions and like to argue a little with the doctor.

But my aunt is. Thank God you are not like her. She is really irritating.

I know exactly what you are trying to say. I have an aunt who is like you. She researches everything and then tries to discuss and argue things with the doctor. But unlike you she does not understand that her behaviour irritates everybody else. Her daughter, that is, my cousin, is terrified of her and never go anywhere with her. She is very comfortable with her father but when it concerns my aunt, she would not go anywhere with her, because of her nature. Actually my aunt argues at every given opportunity and my cousin gets very embarrassed because of her.

No matter how much we hate doctors, we do go to them when we are in trouble. We just cannot do without them. Are your children scared of doctors?

Hiya sagnik, No my Kids are not scared of Doctors but they don´t trust them very much either which I think is a good thing in a way. I don´t hate Doctors but when your Children are small and you have to keep taking them to the Doctors some of these Doctors get to be quite nasty not the same as on the Television lol. I had to change my Doctor to be able to get the right treatment for one of my Sons if I had not done this he would still be quite ill with asthma. Now it´s almost cured.

hello ziya your response made my day. har har har lucky for people who had someone to pay for their bill, and fringhtingly for those who will have the check and at the same time pay for it. har har har. nice one.

My father pays that one for me, so I am not that scared of the bill.

You do deserve proper service. If you are not getting them, then it should be protested and changed. Well, nothing is that easy, but someone must take the first step. While commenting to the responses in this discussion I came across another member who, like you, was not satisfied with the doctors of your country. It struck me as odd. I do think there can be problems in your country with regards to health care. We also have a lot of problems in India with doctors being inefficient and not hard working or something like that. But I will also say, that we really have good doctors in here and the percentage of good doctors is much more than the bad ones. As far as the insurance policies and companies are concerned, I do not know about them. I have never used any of the insurances. My father used his some 3-4 years ago when he had a retina surgery and there was no problem, the treatment was very good. Yes, my experiences have been good, while yours have been bad. So it varies from person to person. There is good and bad in every country. It is just that the majority determines things. If the number of bad doctors or bad policies of government are more than the good ones, then it should be improved. It is really sad that in a country like USA, they do not provide proper service and do not look after the health of their citizens.

I understand your reaction to my comment and perhaps I did not explain myself well. My parents were not under cancer treatment because in both cases the cancer was not treatable by the time it was diagnosed, which is why I felt all the other concerns were a bit unnessicary. Perhaps most are real caring, dedicated doctors that have their hands tied by insurance companies and just come off as giving minimal or poor care, when the reality is that they can only do so much or have to do things in a certain way. Is it possible that the concern for sugar levels for a person in the last stages of cancer, was the only way they could also give them the needed pain medication? I am willing to admit that I may be a bit overemotional about this topic and critical of doctors as a group. However, my experiences with the medical proffession has not been good, I do realize that there are other things behind this beyond just the doctors themselves, like government regulations and insurance company policies but the question was, Do you fear doctors? I did not always have a fear or dislike for doctors, there was a time when I had full trust in them and I did not wake up one day and feel this way about their proffession, experience has taught me to not trust them, and where there is not trust, there is fear instead. I am sincerely happy that your experiences with the medical proffession has been better! I just think that people need to take a stand here and demand better care on the local level than we are getting. We hire proffessionals when we have a need, they are paid very well for their services...and we have a right to expect better care and consideration from them!

Secretbear, that response made me smile. I could relate to that experience so much. I also felt like puking whenever the doctor examined my tonsils. I did not have tonsilitis, but sometimes, when I caught cold, he would take a look at my tonsils. It took some self control to stop myself from vomiting all over the doctor.

I also do the same thing. I treat myself if I have mild illness. In case of some serious illness, I do visit doctors. The smell in the hospital can make people nauseated. I like the smell of the spirit in the hospital. It somehow freshens me up.

That is a good choice farid. Herbal medicines are really good if used properly. The syrups and fruit flavour medicines are tasty, but my doctors never prescribed those.

Not really, anthony. We cannot be our own doctor. Then everybody would have been a doctor. I do not think, you can fix your broken arm all by yourself or do an operation on your body. We are qualified and we do not have the necessary knowledge. That is why doctors are so respected and required in the society. They look after us and keep us healthy. What we want to do with our life is our choice, but doctors are there to see to it that we have that 'life'.

Yes, but then the life we have is also very expensive. The most precious thing there is. So, even if they are serious, with less smile and grumpy face, we have to rely on them to keep us healthy. The consultation fee of the doctors are expensive, but the government doctors do not charge any fee from their patients in India. They are provided salary by the government.

I also like the homeopthic medicines. They are generally sweet and tasty.